Why Can't Chuck Get His Business Off the Ground?

http://iam.ij.org/9uFUX3 How can Americans create private sector jobs?

The solution to America's jobs problem lies not with budget-busting federally mandated "stimulus" programs.

Instead, what is needed are specific reforms that wouldn't cost taxpayers, would create a broader tax base for cash-strapped cities and states, and would provide opportunity for millions of Americans who worry where their next paycheck is coming from.

As demonstrated by a series of eight new reports issued in October 2010 by the Virginia-based Institute for Justice, one of the principal obstacles to creating new jobs and entrepreneurial activity in cities across the country is the complex maze of regulations cities and states impose on small businesses. IJ's "city study" reports are filled with real-world examples of specific restrictions that often make it impossible for entrepreneurs to create jobs for themselves, let alone for others.

Chip Mellor, the president and general counsel of the Institute for Justice, said, "If the nation is looking to the federal government to create jobs in America, it is looking in the wrong place. If we want to grow our economy, we must remove government-imposed barriers to honest enterprise at the city and state levels. Remove those barriers, and you will see a return to the optimism and opportunity that are hallmarks of the American Dream."

IJ's eight reports document how irrational and anti-competitive regulations block entrepreneurship. More often than not, these government-imposed restrictions on economic liberty are put in place at the behest of existing businesses that are not shy about using government force to keep out competition. The Institute for Justice's city studies examine regulations imposed on a wide range of occupations in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, Newark, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

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[denisonM]

and they call this country the land of the free. my ass. ugh.

[MCADJim]

What we have isn't capitalism. It's cronyism. Big entities paying off Congressmen to get their way and screw everyone else. We haven't had a truly free market system for decades, but since people still CALL IT capitalism, the Left gets to vilify it and point every time they add a new rule saying "See? Capitalism doesn't work" when we haven't had it for as long as most people have been alive.

[BeeeeeeFreeeeee]

@joemama: you retard. Before there were gov "regulations", people relied on reputation for business. If a producer skimped on quality, he lost customers. Are you forced to by inferior products? No. So stop being so damn stupid. It's embarrassing.

[XCritonX]

Taxes, licenses, permits, inspections? No wounder selling drugs illegally is so attractive.

[arcxjo]

Hey now, I tried to save some money and hired an unlicensed interior decorator once. $*%@#$% put my shirts IN THE SAME CLOSET as my coats. It was CHAOS!

I for one am GLAD someone stepped up to do something about it, just too late for me. :-(

[NoEoAoRo]

Whats sad is there are people actually believe and would advocate everything you said with a straight face. "Licensing and restrictions are for the common good!" Of course these sad souls are actually useful idiots for entrenched business interests.

[Stoney Hemp]

Chuck, don't report shit to the government. Go ahead and start that business without their approval.

[landon s]

Fuck the gov!

[MrQuinnd]

GOVERNMENT has regulated and stamped on any new business to the point where FREE ENTERPRISE is a thing of the past .

[davidkllr1629]

All too true. I've had to pick up a contractors license in another state to work, then file for all the permits which are followed by inspections. The contractor license didn't require any type of check other than the one from the bank. Lots of runaround for a little work!

[thiraj dalpadado]

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